What Others Are Saying

Creating Contagious Commitment is cited in the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. (See page 14, Table 1. Actions to induce cultural change).
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The reading list for The College of Engineering Honors Program at the University of Michigan includes
Creating Contagious Commitment as an essential read in leadership and change management.
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University of Michigan, Engineering Honors Program

Creating Contagious Commitment is referenced by the UK's National Health Service (NHS),
Leading Change Network, for its lessons for leadership.
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leadingchangenetwork.org

"In her book Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change, author
Andrea Shapiro writes about a typical change project gone awry… We observed the same thing as we talked with and traveled to the TransforMED practices…."
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"We also incorporated actions based on Dr. Andrea Shapiro’s seven levers of change, outlined in her book
Creating Contagious Commitment....Those seven levers included contacts between the advocates and the apathetic,
walk the talk, and ensuring that reward and recognition supports the change...." Read more at SigmaZone.com.

"Change is about people. Companies make a wide variety of changes to improve performance, to process redesign, to introduce quality initiatives....
However, unless there is true buy-in from employees, these schemes are destined to fail...."
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OakwoodLearning.com.

"In 2005 I started my journey through organizational change, with the first edition of Andrea Shapiro’s
Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change as my implementer’s
guide to successful change...."
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engine-for-change.com

A teacher explores change theories described in
Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Changee by Andrea Shapiro.
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TeachingQuality.org.

"Creating Contagious Commitment by Andrea Shapiro is the first book I’ve written about in our newsletter that I haven’t
enjoyed reading. That fact gave me pause, but the concepts presented were so useful that it’s worth some (electronic) ink to tell you about it...."
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"The title Creating Contagious Commitment, captures some of what the book is about. When organizations find themselves in a position
where they need to make a change, it could be to improve quality or efficiency or profits, it is so tempting for them to emphasize the technical aspects of the change...."
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PinnacleNews.org.

"Creating Contagious Commitment…shows how to apply common levers that motivate humans to adopt new concepts in the application of
organizational change initiatives…. This book presents a realistic approach for project managers who want to effectively negotiate the land mines that exist when attempting
to change operational paradigms...."
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"Great book to help break down the tipping point model into actionable items within an organization. My only gripe is ... repetition.
Over all a very good book." GoodReads.com.

"BOOKS WE RECOMMEND:…Creating Contagious Commitment by Andrea Shapiro:
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"Andrea Shapiro provides the 'Creating Contagious Commitment' framework which shows an integration of the tipping point’s model dynamics to the theory of organizational change….
To Shapiro the two main categories which the seven levers are categorized...."
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"The Tipping Point [is a] simulation model that uses lessons from public health to make an organizational change contagious and sustainable. Users experience the complexities
of change and can explore the factors that motivate people to change, and apply these systemic learnings to their own organization...."
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"The Tipping Point model captures important dynamics of change that can help leaders to see potential side effects of their actions with the aim of sparking new ideas about
implementation in pursuit of affecting change...."
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"Struggling with change is not unique to medical practice; it's a challenge most organizations face when trying to alter entrenched patterns or processes. It's estimated..."
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